Ms Lynne Embleton:

The Deputy has my commitment that I want to restore flights from Shannon Airport. I cannot and will not give a commitment to restoring a cabin crew base at Shannon Airport. That decision has been made and it is in the right interests of Aer Lingus and also in the interests of connectivity in the region. The ground handling arrangements in Shannon are under review. It would be wrong of me to jump the gun and make any decision on that until we see the output of the review that is under way. The only commitment I will give the Deputy is a commitment that I want to see connectivity restored. When conditions are in place for that, Aer Lingus will want to act.